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Monday, October 29, 2018

2/10 =>7/10=>10/10. 455m elevation. The first 50-60 minutes is on sidewalks and asphalt road; very easy (2/10). Then, quite a few steps up to Kowloon peak (7/10); not dangerous, just a lot of steps. Last bit, to Suicide Cliff is not very technically difficult, but it is dangerous in the sense that if you slip and fall, fatality is an almost certainty. So, if you are afraid of heights, don't go. If you do go, be careful. You will not get a better view from Suicide Cliff than you get from Kowloon Peak, so, the good thing about my route is that you don't have to go all the way, just stop wherever you feel comfortable.

Make your way to CHoi Hung MTR station, Exit 'B', head left right out of the exit and walk along Clear Water Bay Road

After about 250m, take a right onto Clear Water Bay Road (the road going straight becomes 'New Clear Water Bay Road')

Keep going straight on the same road for about another 1.4km...

... then you will reach this fork. Head left on Fei Ngo Shan Road. This is also where the minibus would drop you off if you had taken the minibus at Choi Hung MTR

You will need to stay on Fei Ngo Shan Rd all the way to the path to Kowloon Peak. That's about a 25-35 minutes walk.

When you see the Ma On Shan Country Park sign, you are not very far, keep right on Fei Ngo Shan Rd

Keep an eye out on your left where you will see steps going up where the road does a 90 degree turn to the right. There are two set of steps, take the one on the right

There's a sign that tells you it is dangerous. It actually isn't dangerous at all to go all the way up to Kowloon Peak.

That's pretty much the kind of steps you'll be climbing all the way up.

Summit is in sight

At the fork, head left

Kowloon Peak summit marker!

Keep following the path. Seems like it is a dead-end but it isn't. However, once you are at the point where the hikers are on the pictures, you have to decide whether you feel confident about continuing. As I wrote earlier, you won't get a better view going down.

If you decide to keep going towards Suicide Cliff, it is just about 50-75m down. Be careful about loose rocks.

You can't miss Suicide Cliff, on your right. There's a clear path going there, where a huge piece of rock is jolting out of the mountain face. Once you are done , just retrace your steps all the way back to Choi Hung MTR. I would advise against going straight down the shortcut, which is quite steep.

About 20-25 minutes after having forked-out of Mount Parker Road, you'll reach this point where the road makes a big U. Boa Vista is at the bottom of this U. But, as shown on the map, we skipped it and instead took the shortcut which is shown on the picture above. However, this completely skips Boa Vista so, keep going if you meant to see it.

If you don't take the shortcut because you want to see Boa Vista, keep going along the road for about 5 minutes until you reach the bottom of the 'U' in the road. You will see stairs going down on the right of the road. If you take them, you'll get to Boa Vista. Enjoy and retrace your steps to the road when you are done. Then keep going.

After about another 5-7 minutes, you will reach this point. Follow the path next to the catch-water.

Stay on the main path, don't take the stairs going up.

About an hour to 90 minutes walk after you have left the 'U' in the road, you'll reach this fork. Take a right.

Right

Back to civilization. The road going down is at the end of the park and to the right.

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